September 7, 2011
September 7, 2011
UN News Center
Reported violations included extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests and illegal detention, enforced disappearances, attacks against civilians, looting of civilian homes and destruction of property, as well as massive displacement.
The two experts urged the Government to investigate the alleged crimes and hold accountable all those responsible, including for their incitement.
“If the Government is unable to do so, it should allow a prompt international investigation into the ongoing attacks against the civilian population in Southern Kordofan,” they said, voicing grave concern. Already last week Mr. Ban already called for an immediate end to the fighting and for access for humanitarian agencies to the affected areas.
According to independent sources, the SAF have continued aerial bombardments in Southern Kordofan, particularly in the Nuba mountains region. Latest reports indicate that the violence has spilled over into neighbouring Blue Nile state, resulting in tens of thousands of civilians fleeing to neighbouring states and across the border into Ethiopia.
Southern Kordofan borders the newly independent South Sudan, which seceded from Sudan on 9 July.